By a 4-3 margin, the Ohio Supreme Court has approved (PDF) a “wrongful birth” suit against doctors by parents who say they would have aborted their child had they been given accurate and non-negligent genetic…

Thus bringing to 27 the number of states that formally decline to accept the notion that it’s better not to be born at all than to be born with a severe defect. Only California, New Jersey and Washington state accept…

Thus bringing to 27 the number of states that formally decline to accept the notion that it’s better not to be born at all than to be born with a severe defect. (opinion) (via Matthew Heller’s CourthouseNews blog). For more…

The rise in wrongful-life suits and the threat of legal responsibility for a child’s defects puts obstetricians in the uncomfortable position of recommending, if not insisting on, abortion when there is the slightest doubt, said one physician. Appallin…